March 19, 2012

On March 12th, a trial which concerns all of us will take place at the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Athens. The three members of the illegal organization, who racially attacked a group of Afghan refugees at Agios Panteleimonas, are being judged. The victims of the accused were injured, while one of them has been stabbed close to his heart and stomach.

Similar incidents occur frequently at the city center and the suburbs. However, every racially motivated attack against a refugee and a migrant who arrived in Greece, seeking political asylum or a better life in Europe equals an attack against each and every one of us. Every victim is one of us.

Those incidents unite us and give us the opportunity to raise our voice. We stand by the victims of the attack and we demand an exemplary sentence of the guilty. We condemn racism and xenophobia wherever they come from. We trust the Greek society and justice because we are aware of their struggles against fascism.